I realize you perceive a media conspiracy with bias, prejudice and incompetence in about everything they report. That seems to be because they print stories which contradict the way you would like to world to be seen.

However, your subject line implies "the media" was naive enough to believe Illinois politics were squeaky clean and are now "shocked".

I'd be curious to know how you arrived at that opinion. How the monolithic media believed Illinois politics were clean and how that monolithic media is now surprised to see a politician arrested for a crime.

Because I believe your subject line is simply an indication you see conspiracies everywhere. I'd be delighted to see something which could demonstrate the accuracy of that statement.

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